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Development of ten microsatellite loci in the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822 (2014)
Journal Article
Morrison, C. L., Springmann, M. J., Iwanowicz, D. D., & Wade, C. M. (2015). Development of ten microsatellite loci in the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822. Conservation Genetics Resources, 7(1), 201-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-014-0332-3

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht (outside the USA). A suite of tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci were developed for the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822, from Ion Torrent next-genera... Read More about Development of ten microsatellite loci in the invasive giant African land snail, Achatina (=Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822.

Restricted Genetic Variation in Populations of Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica outside of East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands Points to the Indian Ocean Islands as the Earliest Known Common Source (2014)
Journal Article
Fontanilla, I. K. C., Sta. Maria, I. M. P., Garcia, J. R. M., Ghate, H., Naggs, F., & Wade, C. (2014). Restricted Genetic Variation in Populations of Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica outside of East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands Points to the Indian Ocean Islands as the Earliest Known Common Source. PLoS ONE, 9(9), Article e105151. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105151

The Giant African Land Snail, Achatina (?=?Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822, is a tropical crop pest species with a widespread distribution across East Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, and North and South... Read More about Restricted Genetic Variation in Populations of Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica outside of East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands Points to the Indian Ocean Islands as the Earliest Known Common Source.

Identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and other nematodes using the SSU rDNA in Achatina fulica populations of Metro Manila (2014)
Journal Article
Constantino-Santos, D. M., Basiao, Z. U., Wade, C. M., Santos, B. S., & Fontanilla, I. K. (2014). Identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and other nematodes using the SSU rDNA in Achatina fulica populations of Metro Manila. Tropical Biomedicine, 31(2), 327-335

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode that causes eosinophilic meningitis in humans. Accidental infection occurs by consumption of contaminated intermediates, such as the giant African land snail, Achatina fulica. This study surveyed th... Read More about Identification of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and other nematodes using the SSU rDNA in Achatina fulica populations of Metro Manila.

Extracting DNA from within intact foraminiferal shells (2014)
Journal Article
Seears, H. A., & Wade, C. M. (2014). Extracting DNA from within intact foraminiferal shells. Marine Micropaleontology, 109, 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2014.04.001

Here we present an evaluation of several methods for extracting DNA from within intact foraminiferal shells. We tested 12 lysis buffers under carefully optimised incubation conditions, evaluating their success in terms of efficiency in evacuating cel... Read More about Extracting DNA from within intact foraminiferal shells.

The mitochondrial 16 s rRNA reveals high anthropogenic influence on land snail diversity in a preliminary island survey (2014)
Journal Article
Abu-Bakar, S. B., Razali, N. M., Naggs, F., Wade, C., Mohd-Nor, S. A., & Aileen-Tan, S. H. (2014). The mitochondrial 16 s rRNA reveals high anthropogenic influence on land snail diversity in a preliminary island survey. Molecular Biology Reports, 41(3), 1799-1805. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-014-3029-5

A total of 30 specimens belonging to five species, namely; Cryptozona siamensis, Sarika resplendens and Sarika sp. from the family Ariophantidae as well as Quantula striata and Quantula sp. from the family Dyakiidae were collected from the Langkawi I... Read More about The mitochondrial 16 s rRNA reveals high anthropogenic influence on land snail diversity in a preliminary island survey.

Phylogenetic relationships of the operculate land snail genus Cyclophorus Montfort, 1810 in Thailand (2013)
Journal Article
Nantarat, N., Tongkerd, P., Sutcharit, C., Wade, C. M., Naggs, F., & Panha, S. (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of the operculate land snail genus Cyclophorus Montfort, 1810 in Thailand. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70, 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.013

Operculate land snails of the genus Cyclophorus are distributed widely in sub-tropical and tropical Asia. Shell morphology is traditionally used for species identification in Cyclophorus but their shells exhibit considerable variation both within and... Read More about Phylogenetic relationships of the operculate land snail genus Cyclophorus Montfort, 1810 in Thailand.

A note on the laboratory culture of the benthic foraminifer Cornuloculina balkwilli (MacFadyen) (2013)
Journal Article
Seears, H. A., & Wade, C. M. (2013). A note on the laboratory culture of the benthic foraminifer Cornuloculina balkwilli (MacFadyen). BMC Research Notes, 6(369), https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-369

Background:
Genetic studies of the Foraminifera provide valuable insights into marine speciation and biogeography, yet the discovery of vitally needed new genetic markers for this important group is being severely limited by an extreme lack of genet... Read More about A note on the laboratory culture of the benthic foraminifer Cornuloculina balkwilli (MacFadyen).

First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica in French Polynesia detected using the SSU rRNA gene (2012)
Journal Article
Fontanilla, I. K. C., & Wade, C. M. (2012). First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica in French Polynesia detected using the SSU rRNA gene. Tropical Biomedicine, 29(4), 642-645

The 5' end of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene was used to determine whether 3rd larval stage Angiostrongylus cantonensis are present in populations of the giant African land snail Achatina fulica from French Polynesia. Two populations, one from... Read More about First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in the Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica in French Polynesia detected using the SSU rRNA gene.

Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera (2012)
Journal Article
Seears, H. A., Darling, K. F., & Wade, C. M. (2012). Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-54

Background: Ecological processes are increasingly being viewed as an important mode of diversification in the marine environment, where the high dispersal potential of pelagic organisms, and a lack of absolute barriers to gene flow may limit the occu... Read More about Ecological partitioning and diversity in tropical planktonic foraminifera.

A fresh insight into transmission of schistosomiasis: A misleading tale of biomphalaria in Lake Victoria (2011)
Journal Article
Standley, C. J., Wade, C. M., & Stothard, J. R. (2011). A fresh insight into transmission of schistosomiasis: A misleading tale of biomphalaria in Lake Victoria. PLoS ONE, 6(10), Article e26563. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026563

Lake Victoria is a known hot-spot for Schistosoma mansoni, which utilises freshwater snails of the genus Biomphalaria as intermediate hosts. Different species of Biomphalaria are associated with varying parasite compatibility, affecting local transmi... Read More about A fresh insight into transmission of schistosomiasis: A misleading tale of biomphalaria in Lake Victoria.

The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) (2010)
Journal Article
Sutcharit, C., Naggs, F., Wade, C. M., Fontanilla, I., & Panha, S. (2010). The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x

The Streptaxoidea are an ancient and species diverse group that is poorly understood. Examination of the reproductive anatomy of Diaphera showed it to be notably distinct from that of most other streptaxid genera but to exhibit similarities with the... Read More about The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora).

Molecular phylogeny of the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wade, C. (2010, July). Molecular phylogeny of the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs. Presented at 17th World Congress of Malacology, Royal Phuket City Hotel Phuket, Thailand

DNA sequence data has revolutionised our understanding of the evolutionary relationships among the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs. Yet, the stylommatophoran tree is still not fully resolved and in particular, relationships at the bas... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of the stylommatophoran land snails and slugs.

Resolving taxonomic complications in the family of Ariophantidae by using molecular marker and morphological characteristics: a preliminary attempt. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Balkhis Abu Bakar, S., Razali, N. M., Izzati Minhat, F., Sau Pinn, W., Azizah Mohd Nor, S., Yasin, Z., Wade, C. M., Naggs, F., & Tan Shau Hwai, A. (2010, July). Resolving taxonomic complications in the family of Ariophantidae by using molecular marker and morphological characteristics: a preliminary attempt. Presented at 17th World Congress of Malacology, Royal Phuket City Hotel Phuket, Thailand

This study is an attempt to resolve the taxonomic complication in the Family Ariophantidae by using nucleotide sequences 16S rRNA gene with the aid of morphological characteristics of the shell. Morphological classification of members of this group c... Read More about Resolving taxonomic complications in the family of Ariophantidae by using molecular marker and morphological characteristics: a preliminary attempt..

Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide (2009)
Journal Article
Darling, K. F., Thomas, E., Kasemann, S. A., Seears, H. A., Smart, C. W., & Wade, C. M. (2009). Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(31), 12629-12633. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0902827106

Evolution of planktic organisms from benthic ancestors is commonly thought to represent unidirectional expansion into new ecological domains, possibly only once per clade. For foraminifera, this evolutionary expansion occurred in the Early-Middle Jur... Read More about Surviving mass extinction by bridging the benthic/planktic divide.

Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata (2008)
Book Chapter
Mordan, P., & Wade, C. (2008). Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata. In W. Ponder (Ed.), Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca (409-426). University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520250925.003.0015

This chapter focuses on the Pulmonata, gastropods belonging to the clade Heterobranchia. It explains that the pulmonates include the large majority of land snails and slugs, as well as many freshwater snails and a few small families of estuarine and... Read More about Heterobranchia II: The Pulmonata.

The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes (2008)
Journal Article
Darling, K. F., & Wade, C. M. (2008). The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes. Marine Micropaleontology, 67(3-4), 216-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.01.009

Fossil planktic foraminifers in the ocean sediments play an unparalleled role in our understanding of the oceanographic environment in the past. An in depth knowledge of their diversity, ecology and biogeography in the modern ocean lies central to th... Read More about The genetic diversity of planktic foraminifera and the global distribution of ribosomal RNA genotypes.

Molecular phylogeny of the helicoid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea), with special emphasis on the Camaenidae (2007)
Journal Article
Wade, C. M., Hudelot, C., Davison, A., Naggs, F., & Mordan, P. B. (2007). Molecular phylogeny of the helicoid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea), with special emphasis on the Camaenidae. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73(4), 411-415. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym030

The superfamily Helicoidea is a large and diverse group of land snails belonging to the Pulmonate suborder Stylommatophora. It has an almost worldwide distribution, absent from only sub-Saharan Africa, southern South America, New Zealand and some Pac... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of the helicoid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea), with special emphasis on the Camaenidae.

The small subunit (SSU) ribosomal (r) RNA gene as a genetic marker for identifying infective 3rd juvenile stage Angiostrongylus cantonensis (2007)
Journal Article
Fontanilla, I. K., & Wade, C. M. (2008). The small subunit (SSU) ribosomal (r) RNA gene as a genetic marker for identifying infective 3rd juvenile stage Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Acta Tropica, 105(2), 181-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.10.007

We have developed a molecular method using PCR-direct sequencing to identify the infective 3rd juvenile stage of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a nematode parasite of rodents that can accidentally infect humans and cause eosinophilic meningitis. We dem... Read More about The small subunit (SSU) ribosomal (r) RNA gene as a genetic marker for identifying infective 3rd juvenile stage Angiostrongylus cantonensis.